Senior Business Analyst

Candidate Description

Driving digital transformation across banking, finance, HR, and technology environments, the candidate brings 12 years of functional and technical business-analysis experience. Their background combines senior business analysis at a Financial Institution with extensive finance and global HR transformation work at a Technology Company. They specialize in requirements management, process reengineering, regulatory compliance, and data-driven reporting. Power BI expertise includes interactive dashboards, advanced DAX calculations, data modelling, Power Query, and self-service analytics. Strong analytical thinking and stakeholder communication enable them to translate complex business needs into practical, scalable solutions.

Their delivery strengths connect detailed process analysis with reporting modernization and workflow automation. At a Financial Institution, they led records-management improvements across HR and Finance systems, supported 100% adherence to governance standards, and uplifted the first two critical applications to meet a divisional gold milestone. At a Technology Company, they delivered automation initiatives that reduced manual processing by up to 60% and collaborated with more than 50 stakeholders to standardize enterprise KPIs. Their wider reporting achievements include a 40% improvement in data-visualization and decision-making efficiency through interactive Power BI dashboards. They apply Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, BPMN 2.0, and SDLC practices alongside functional documentation, user acceptance testing, change control, and post-implementation improvement. Recognition includes Financial Institution GEM Awards and a Technology Company IT controls automation initiative that earned a professional association's Technology Automation Award in 2020.

A collaborative leader, they engage executives, compliance specialists, regional business stakeholders, and development teams to build alignment and sustain adoption. Their global HR experience includes implementing timesheet and overtime solutions across more than 50 countries while accommodating local policies and labor regulations. They strengthen delivery capability through mentoring junior analysts, training end users, preparing reusable operating procedures, and supporting knowledge transfer. An MBA in Finance and IT from a university and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from a university underpin their combination of commercial understanding and technical fluency. As an Australian citizen based in Sydney and available immediately, they offer employers a well-rounded senior business analyst capable of improving governance, streamlining operations, and turning data into actionable business insight.